Malaysia vs Negril

Workers unload cardboard boxes and supplies from an open truck bed at Club Med Borneo.

Large turquoise pool with lane markings at Grand Palladium Lady Hamilton Resort & Spa, flanked by white buildings, palm trees, and blue lounge chairs under clear sky.

Malaysia and Negril, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Malaysia compared with Negril
Malaysia	Measure	Negril
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
1	Resorts in our catalog	14 (better)
–	Average guest rating	★ 4.5
$441–$510/night pp	Nightly rates	$127–$490/night pp (better)
0 of 1	Adults-only resorts	8 of 14
No hurricane season (better)	Hurricane exposure	In the hurricane belt
April–October, wettest September–October	Rainy season	May–June and September–November
December–March	Sweet spot	December–April, with a sunset every night of the year

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Malaysia

Negril

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Malaysia and Negril
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Malaysia · high °F	90	91	91	91	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	88
Negril · high °F	83	83	84	85	87	89	89	89	88	87	86	84
Malaysia · rain (in)	1.4	2.0	4.1	7.4	9.1	7.0	7.8	8.5	12.8	13.5	9.2	3.5
Negril · rain (in)	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.3	4.2	3.8	2.6	3.8	5.5	7.0	3.2	1.4

Approximate climate normals for Langkawi and Seven Mile Beach: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.